On February 23, 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed the convictions of our client Dan Zhong, a former executive of a Chinese construction company, on forced labor charges, based on three evidentiary errors. First, the district court had permitted the government to introduce evidence of uncharged criminal conduct … Read more
On April 14, 2021, the Columbia Law Review published an In Memoriam issue dedicated to the legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The issue included pieces by Chief Justice Roberts, Justice Breyer, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, and various other prominent judges, lawyers and academics, including Partner Alexandra Shapiro, who clerked for Justice … Read more
Shapiro Arato Bach is pleased to announce that Alexandra Shapiro has been shortlisted in the category “White-Collar Lawyer of the Year” for the Chambers USA 2021 Awards. According to Chambers and Partners, those on the shortlist are determined through extensive research by a team of over 200 research analysts, and to “be ranked and then … Read more
On February 19, 2021, Shapiro Arato Bach filed a petition for writ of certiorari in the Supreme Court of the United States on behalf of our client, Dr. Edward J. Kosinski. The petition presents important questions concerning the federal crime of insider trading. Dr. Kosinski was a prominent Connecticut cardiologist. He was convicted for trades … Read more
Partner Alexandra Shapiro appeared on a virtual panel discussion on the legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg hosted by the Center for Women in Law at the University of Texas on February 2, 2021 at 1:00pm Eastern Time. Comprised of NPR Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg and several of Justice Ginsburg’s former law clerks, including … Read more
On January 29, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed a district court decision ordering discovery from our client Janna Bullock’s family members and an associate. The case arose under 28 U.S.C. § 1782, an important statute in international litigation that permits U.S. courts to order discovery for use in … Read more
On January 11, 2021, the Supreme Court of the United States granted the petition for a writ of certiorari that Shapiro Arato Bach filed on behalf of our client, Theodore Huber, and vacated a lower court decision that had affirmed his criminal convictions. The case arises out of securities trades that Huber’s firm made based … Read more
On December 11, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a district court decision ordering dismissal of all claims against our client Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. and all other defendants. Plaintiffs had undertaken to plead 14 separate causes of action for trade secret misappropriation and related claims, relating to various … Read more
On October 27, 2020, Judge Virginia M. Kendall of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois granted Shapiro Arato Bach’s motions to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction and/or improper venue filed on behalf of firm clients, The Orchard Enterprises, Independent Online Distribution Alliance, Inc., and MediaNet, Inc. The plaintiff in … Read more
On April 27, 2020, Judge Eduardo Ramos of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled for Shapiro Arato Bach client the Manhattan Institute For Policy and dismissed a copyright-infringement lawsuit brought by Richard Harbus, a freelance photographer, over the Manhattan Institute’s use of one of Harbus’s photographs on its … Read more